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In order to use this option, you should install the extension The files could be created by Excel, Word, application1, applicataion2, etc. Simply drag a file into a user’s Drop Box and that user will be able to retrieve the file. Using the Drop Box feature that comes with every user account on a Mac, you can drop a file or document into another user’s Drop Box for him or her to access that file later. useDiffMerge - boolean - Whether or not using Diff & Merge extension as the Diff viewer. Hi, in MacOS and Windows, we can create a project folder that holds all the files related to the project. There is one last way to quickly transfer files between two user accounts.showIdentical - boolean - Whether or not show the identical files panel.diffLayout - One of the options: "local compared" or "compared local".ignoreFileNameCase - boolean - Compare files with the same name but different case.diffViewTitle - One of the options: "name only", "compared path", "full path".compareContent - boolean - Compares files by content.Options (under vscode settings)Įxample "compareFolders.excludeFilter": [ Refresh - If there are changes in the compared folders' files, click on the refresh button will re-compare the folders. (The list can be reset by Clear recent compares).Pick from recent compares chose one of the pairs you compared in the past.Select 2 folders, right click and click on Compare selected folders see 2nd item.Compare Folders Panel (Click on the icon in the Activity Bar).Choose 2 folders and compare - opens OS folder chooser twice.It contains things like the Drop Box where people can add files to your account, but they cant see whats in there. The Public folder is under a specific user and allows that user to control other peoples access to it. Compare a folder against workspace choose a folder to compare against the workspace's folder (when workspace is not empty) Shared is like a user, but everyone can access the files stored there.There are several ways to choose folders to compare: If you like this extension, please give a star to dir-compare! LimitationsĬurrently seems like there might be issues with comparing local and remote folders over ssh. The extension uses the great dir-compare package made by Liviu Grigorescu. Hit Command-Control-T to add a selected item - a folder, usually - to the sidebar.The extension allows you to compare folders, show the diffs in a list and present diff in a splitted view side by side. Hit Command-Option-S to show or hide Finder's sidebar. Hit Command-I to open the Get Info panel for a selected file where you can view the kind of file, its size, when it was created and last modified, among other attributes. Hit Command-F to open Finder with the search bar activated. Command-Shift-H - Home folder for your account.Command-Shift-C - top-level Computer folder.Use the following keyboard shortcuts to open a specific folder in Finder: The first helps you keep your trash from overflowing with files, and the second helps you navigate Finder more easily by grouping your folders above your files. Keep folders on top when sorting by name.Open two or more diff panels and make a comparison with the same folder on the same side. Alt + Click - Copy all selected files in one diff panel in all other diff panels from one source to the other folders at once. Remove items from the Trash after 30 days Click - Copy all selected files to the other folder.If you are using MacOS Sierra, click the Advanced tab in Preferences and you'll see two new check boxes: You can change to your Home or Documents folder or whichever folder you use the most.
Under the General tab, you will see that for New Finder windows show, the default is All My Files. Click the Finder menu in the menu bar and select Preferences. If you navigate to a particular folder often, then you can set it as your default and save yourself a few clicks each time you open Finder. Whether you are using OS X El Capitan or MacOS Sierra, these shortcuts will make you faster at finding things with Finder.